BLS Update

This page contains links to selected publications recently published on the BLS website.
A list of all recent publications can be found on What's New from BLS.

Week of May 14–18, 2012

News Releases

• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — April 2012. USDL-12-0956 (HTML) (PDF)
• Extended Mass Layoffs — First Quarter 2012. USDL-12-0955 (HTML) (PDF)
• Real Earnings — April 2012. USDL-12-0954 (HTML) (PDF)
• Consumer Price Index — April 2012. USDL-12-0953 (HTML) (PDF)
• Department Store Inventory Price Indexes — April 2012. (HTML) (PDF)

Beyond the Numbers

• Energy prices jump while food prices show modest increases

Commissioner's Corner

• BLS Assistant Commissioner Phil Doyle on C-SPAN's Washington Journal (May 18, 2012)

The Editor's Desk

• Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012
• Real earnings in April 2012
• Consumer prices increase 2.3 percent from April 2011 to April 2012
• Education and training across occupation groups
• Producer Price Index in April 2012